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Somali and Slovak


Slovak and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Somalia  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East  
Europe  

Minority Language
Yemen  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

Interesting Facts
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
21  
11
38  
27

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
Dobré ráno  

Please
Fadlan  
Prosím  

Sorry
sorry  
Pardón!  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
32
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
21.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
somali  
slovaque  

German Name
Somali  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
19th century  
6th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Slovak  

Language Position
83  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
slo  

ISO 639 3
som  
slk  

ISO 639 6
som  
slk  

Glottocode
soma1255  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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All Somali and Slovak Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Somali and Slovak dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Slovak language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Slovak Dialects are spoken in different Slovak speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Slovak Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak , Central Slovak. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Somali and Slovak Speaking population

Somali and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Somali and Slovak on Somali vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Slovak Language Codes

Somali and Slovak language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Slovak Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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